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Comparison Between Pre-operative Prescription Delivered During Anesthesia Consultation or Post-operative Prescription

Comparison Between Pre-operative Prescription Delivered During Anesthesia Consultation or Post-operative Prescription: a Randomized Prospective Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03205189
Acronym
AMBUPRESS
Enrollment
200
Registered
2017-07-02
Start date
2017-05-01
Completion date
2018-12-31
Last updated
2026-03-02

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Conditions

Ambulatory Surgery, Anesthesia, Postoperative Complication, Postoperative Pain

Keywords

postoperative pain, ambulatory surgery, general anesthesia, anesthesia consultation, post-op prescription

Brief summary

This study evaluates the comparison of the incidence of postoperative home pain after ambulatory surgery with general anesthesia between a group with pre-surgical prescription delivered during anesthesia preoperative clinic and a group with postoperative prescription.

Detailed description

The ambulatory surgery increased over the last twenty years in France. The management of home pain after ambulatory surgery is a major challenge because it is the principal complication after day surgery with several consequences: nausea and vomiting, chronic pain, functional impairment with handicap, sleeping troubles, extra-hospital consultation. Management of home pain remains currently could be performed in ambulatory surgery. The French Society of Anesthesiology recommends to deliver pre-surgical prescription during the preoperative anesthesia clinic but this guideline is not bases on evidence in the literature. Also, we have previously shown in a retrospective non-randomized work a decrease of postoperative home pain in patient with general anesthesia. The main objective of this controlled and comparative study is to compare the incidence of postoperative home pain after ambulatory surgery with general anesthesia between a group with pre-surgical prescription delivered during anesthesia consultation and a group with postoperative prescription.

Interventions

OTHERComparison between pre-operative prescription and post-operative prescription

The first group will have a pre-operative prescription delivered during the preoperative anesthesia clinic and the second group will receive the postoperative prescription.

Sponsors

University Hospital, Rouen
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

This is a randomized, prospective, study

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Any major ambulatory surgery patient with general anesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnancy. * Minor patient. * ASA score \> 3. * lack of general anesthesia. * General anesthesia combined with locoregional anesthesia. * Contraindication to ambulatory surgery. * Chronic pain. * chronic analgesic consumption. * no indication of non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, paracetamol with codeine and morphine. * Active or old drug addiction. * Cognitive disorders or dementia. * Serious psychiatric disorders. * Patient under curatorship or tutorship. * No social protection * Misunderstanding of the French language * Patient participating in another trial

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Early home pain after ambulatory surgery24 hours after ambulatory surgeryThe primary outcome is the incidence of at least one home pain experience with intensity greater than 3 on a scale from 0 to 10 within 24 hours after surgery.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Intense painful experience during hospitalisationDay 1Incidence of a pain experience at mobilization or at rest of intensity greater than 3 on a scale from 0 to 10 during hospitalisation.
Low painful experience during hospitalisationDay 1Incidence of a pain experience at mobilization or at rest of intensity lower than 3 on a scale from 0 to 10 during hospitalisation.
Low home pain experience24 hours after ambulatory surgeryIncidence of a pain experience at mobilization or at rest of intensity lower than 3 at home on a scale from 0 to 10 within 24 hours after surgery
Intense home pain experienceWithin 7 days after ambulatory surgeryIncidence of home pain at mobilization or at rest of intensity greater than 3 on a scale from 0 to 10 within 7 days after surgery.
Adherence to analgesic treatmentWithin 7 days after ambulatory surgeryAdherence to analgesic treatment in relation to prescription (yes or not)
Patient's satisfactionWithin 7 days after ambulatory surgeryPatient's satisfaction with prescribed treatment (scale from 0 to 10, satisfying opinion defined by a score greater than 8)
Use of morphine analgesicsWithin 7 days after ambulatory surgeryIncidence of morphine analgesic use

Countries

France

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORVincent COMPERE, Pr

University Hospital, Rouen

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 3, 2026